Trudeau says Canada is ready to ensure success of Gaza ceasefire deal [Video]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed the news of a ceasefire deal reached between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday and said that the focus should now shift toward ensuring a two-state solution.

“Canada stands ready to do whatever it can to ensure the success of this agreement,” Trudeau told reporters during an unrelated news conference with Canada’s premiers.

“This ceasefire gives us hope. Hope that we can now focus our attention on a true, lasting political solution to this conflict — a two-state solution with Israelis and Palestinians living side-by-side in safety, security and dignity,” he said.

The agreement comes more than 15 months into a war that has killed more than 46,000 Palestinians after a Hamas-led attack on …